Colin M. Orians, Director of ENVSand Professor of Biology

Environmental Studies Program Newsletter

8 March 2011

In This Issue

Faculty Profile: Nancy W. Gleason

The Environment in the News

Internships

Jobs

Events

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Nancy W. GleasonThe Environment in the NewsInternshipsJobsEvents

Message from the Director

Greetings! I quickly discovered that Tuftsalumni are going to play a majorrole in the growth of theEnvironmental Studies Program.There enthusiasm is infectious andthey have volunteered to help mapthe future of the program. Whilesome have volunteered to comeand present on key topics importantto our students and theenvironmental community, othershave sent me links to jobs andinternships. To illustrate, three alumni came toTufts this past week. Sheril

Kirshenbaum, A02, gave a talk on the Science of Kissing, andthen teamed up with Colin Durrant, A98, to lead a roundtablediscussion on environmental communication. They are bothexperts in the field and were well received by environmentalstudies undergrads and graduate students. In addition to writingbooks, Sheril has worked in Washington DC and now writes forthe nationally syndicated Discover Magazine blog, TheIntersection. Colin is the Manager of SustainabilityCommunications at Harvard University's Office of Sustainabilityand has also worked with various NGO's and with the State ofMA. Their communications discussion highlighted the importanceof new media and detailed how the internet provides bothopportunities and challenges. A thorough understanding of newmedia will be critical to the creation of the EnvironmentalCommunication track that Julie Dobrow (Director ofCommunication and Media Studies), Rusty Russell (UEP) and Iare working on. On Thursday, Tom Gloria (A94; A00) presented on his work inIndustrial Ecology. His presentation focused on both the field, LifeCycle Assessment, and the skills required to excel in consulting. Some skills were obvious, such as the need for interdisciplinarytraining, like that offered through the ENVS and other programshere at Tufts, but others remind us how important quantitativeskills, especially statistics, can be. I look forward to staying in touch with alumni and hope that otherswill reach out to our program and to the current students. Colin Orians Sincerely,Colin M. Orians, Director

Nancy W. Gleason, Professor ofPolitical Science

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Faculty Profile: Nancy W. Gleasonby Nathalie Schils

Taking Professor NancyGleason's InternationalEnvironmental Politics coursegives students the opportunityto experience a small-scalenegotiation, complete withcomplicating cultural factors and seemingly insurmountabletensions between differentparties. Without giving toomuch away, I can say that thesimulation forces students tograpple with many of thesimilar challenges that facenegotiators around the world,

whether they're dealing with domestic labor union disputes,international environmental regulations or even asking fora raise at their job.

Professor Gleason has seen and been a part of whatshe teaches in the classroom, allowing her to bring to lifemany of the important principles in the negotiationhandbook Getting toYes: Negotiating Agreement WithoutGiving In by Fisher and Ury. Working with UNESCO andUSAID, Professor Gleason gained an understanding of thework that goes on behind the scenes at the majorgovernment bodies that participate in internationalenvironmental negotiations, like the opens held late lastyear in Cancun, Mexico. While commenting on herexperience at COP-16 in Cancun last year (and many otherinternational negotiations conferences and pre-meetings),Professor Gleason stressed the importance of patience aswell as the numerous opportunities for students to take partin these important negotiations.

The path to involvement in internationalnegotiations does not have to be through the UnitedNations and diplomacy work. Looking through thehundreds of pamphlets, brochures and schedules ProfessorGleason received while in Cancun makes one realize howmany different organizations, countries, and citizen groupsare participating in the dialogue in whatever way possible.While only countries have official negotiation status atUN-led conferences, NGOs, nonprofits, and universitiescan hold panels throughout the conference that allow themto bring their particular issues to the table and increase

dialogue away from the isolated negotiation talks. Thesegroups are incredibly valuablein their role as information disseminators, as well as in allowing less visiblestakeholders to keep their issues on the agenda and makesure that their representatives who can speak in officialnegotiations honor their constituencies.Examples include apanel on equity, environment and development held by theThird World Network, South Centre and UNANIMAInternational, which focused on establishing an equityparadigm and fair outcomes from climate negotiations,especially as they pertain to water distribution rights indeveloping nations. Cornell University and the RainforestAlliance sponsored a panel on sustainable agriculture andforest management, while other panels focused onscientific research, public outreach, carbon footprintreduction mechanisms, enforcement of emissions reductiongoals, and forced migration due to climate change. Aschedule of the hundreds of side panels and events isavailable at the Cop-16 website and is more than 70 pageslong!

Professor Gleason encouraged students interested inenvironmental negotiations to take advantage of thedifferent organizations who play a role at majorconferences, as well as those that participate in the smallercommittee meetings prior to major conferences. One needsonly to look at 12-year-old Severn Suzuki's 1992 speech,during which she silenced the delegates at the UNConference on Environment and Development with herstrong words about the dangerous ramifications of climatechange, increased pollution and unsustainable resourceextraction.[1] The Environmental Studies Department hasgiven us the knowledge base; Professor Gleason isencouraging us to take the next step and be a part of thedialogue and action components. Nancy W. Gleasonis a professor in the Political Science Department at TuftsUniversity and is a doctoral candidate in InternationalRelations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacywith a focus on sustainable development. She currently teaches four courses on internationalenvironmental issues at Tufts University; (1) GlobalEnvironmental Policy; (2) Conflict and Natural Resources;(3) Culture, Politics and the Environment; and (4)International Environmental Negotiations.

[1] http://www.seventhgeneration.com/learn/blog/girl-who-silenced-world

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The Environment in the News

Nominate Residential and Business Leaders in Sustainable Practice

Mayor Menino's Boston Green Awards-Deadline March 25, 2011Boston Green Awards recognize achievements in the City's residential and business sectors.Residential Awards recognize residents and residential organizations in Boston that are committed tosustainable living. Winners in this category demonstrate exemplary sustainable practices in theirhomes and communities. Business Awards recognize extraordinary performance related tosustainable environmental practices.

Nomination Information: Detailed background and instructions on filling out applications forthe Mayor's Green Awards.

Green Business Awards Green Residential Awards Bike Friendly Business/Organization Awards Sustainable Food Leadership Award - New Award Created THIS YEAR! Books Reviews Citizen Environmentalists - Civil Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by James Longhurst $35.00 Paper, 978-1-58465-859-7, Tufts University Press A telling look at the lives and strategies of women environmental activists in the long 1960s, solidlygrounded in a national context

Using a case study of environmental debates about air pollution in Pittsburgh during the late 1960sand early 1970s, James Longhurst examines larger trends in citizen activism outside party politics,linking those trends with the rights revolution of the late twentieth century. He draws upon journalisticaccounts, archival documents, legal records, and interviews to explore the actions and arguments ofGASP (Group Against Smog and Pollution). This group of environmental activists gained access topolitical power through claims to citizenship and scientific expertise, supported by the organizationalskills, social capital, and maternal rhetoric of middle-class women.Once they gained entry to a newlyconfrontational policy process, the group engaged in furious public debates over implementation,enforcement, and employment, all amid the decline of Pittsburgh's industrial economy. The grassrootsactions of GASP, and many other groups like it across the nation, show that new developments inpolicy-making, concepts of citizenship, and the long-standing tradition of middle-class women's civicactivism did more to drive the creation of the modern environmental movement than did changes inenvironmental philosophy. James Longhurst is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

"Longhurst cogently argues that the modern environmental movement's significance lies less in itsinterest in the environment than in the 'fundamental change in the relationship between citizens andtheir government.' . . . This book is effectively conceptualized, organized, researched, and written.Accessible to general audiences, it is especially valuable for historians, political scientists, sociologists,and those in environmental studies. Recommended." --Choice "Citizen Environmentalists ties environmental activism in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the mid-twentieth-century "rights revolution" and earlier urban sanitation reform. . . . By narrowing his attentionto a local case study, Longhurst reveals and illuminates aspects of environmentalism that otherhistorians have neglected or completely missed in national-oriented, top-down investigations." --Journal of American History "In Citizen Environmentalists, James Longhurst demonstrates that historical explanations of the

modern environmental movement must take local context and political power into account. . . . Bystressing local rather than national events and by integrating a political-science perspective with urbansocial history, Longhurst provides new insights into the sources and development of environmentalactivism." --The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography What are people talking about in environmental news?

Restrictions on Logging are Restored by FELICITY BARRINGER, New York Times, March 7,2011

Spain Speed Limit Cut Over High Oil Prices by Sarah Rainsford, BBC News, Madrid

House GOP Budget Bill Aims to Slash Environmental Regulation by Bettina Boxall, LosAngeles Times, March 7, 2011

Maine's Green Future Debated: Governor Wants Rules Streamlined; Foes See Assault onEnvironment by Jenna Russell, Boston Globe, March 7, 2011.

Lead Poisoning Kills 400 More Nigerian Children, Reporting by Nicholas Tattersall and JoeBrock; writing by Joe Brock; editing by Ralph Boulton, Reuters

Elephants Know How to Co-operate by Victoria Gill, BBC News

3 Environmental Groups to Sue Water District by Kari Lydersen, New York Times, March 5,2011 Clean Fuel Worsens Climate Impacts for Some Vehicle Engines, ScienceDaily, March 5, 2011.

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Internships

Growing For Good InternshipGrowing For Good (www.growing4good.com) is a local company that installs vegetable gardens athomes, offices and schools in the suburbs of Boston. We are looking to hire 2 people for our GardenInstallation Crew---the team that installs and maintains vegetable gardens for our clients. The positionis full time for May and June, with possible part time positions available afterwards. Applicants should be strong, hard-working, willing to work outside all day, and most importantly--pleasant to work with. We are looking for individuals who are interested in the local food movementand seeking to learn more about growing vegetables and how to run a small business. Respect forclients' property is paramount. Some familiarity with seeds and plants is preferred, but not required. Pay, Hours and Benefits:$10/hr for 40 hrs/wk in May and JunePotential part time positions available through September Bi-Weekly farm workshops with the Eastern Mass CRAFT groupThe opportunity to work closely with a start-up local food company.Please send resume and cover letter to alec@growing4good or call 781-325-6516 for moreinformation.

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Jobs

Green Corps 2011-2012 Field School for Environmental Organizing Job Description

Want to have an impact in the world after graduation? Green Corps is looking for college graduateswho are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.In Green Corps' year-long paid program, you'll get intensive training in the skills you'll need to makea difference in the world. You'll get hands-on experience fighting to solve urgent environmental

problems - global warming, deforestation, water pollution and many others - with groups such asSierra Club and Greenpeace. And, when you graduate from Green Corps, we'll help you find acareer with one of the nation's leading environmental and social change groups. In your year with Green Corps: You'll get great training with some of the most experienced organizers in the field: Green Corpsorganizers take part in trainings with leading figures in the environmental and social changemovements: people such as Adam Ruben, political director of MoveOn.org, and Bill McKibben, authorand organizer of the "350" rallies for climate action.

You'll get amazing experience working on environmental issues across the country: Green Corpssends organizers to jumpstart campaigns for groups such as Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club,Greenpeace and Environment America in San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and dozens of other placesin between.

You'll have a real impact on some of the biggest environmental problems we're facing today: GreenCorps organizers have built the campaigns that helped keep the Arctic safe from drilling, that led tonew laws that support clean, renewable energy, that convinced major corporations to stop dumpingin our oceans and much, much more.

You'll even get paid: Green Corps Organizers earn a salary of $23,750. Organizers also have achance to opt into our health care program with a pre-tax monthly salary deferral. We offer paid sickdays and holidays, two weeks paid vacation and a student loan repayment program for those whoqualify.

And when you graduate from the program, you'll be ready for what comes next: Green Corps willhelp connect you to environmental and progressive groups that are looking for full-time staff to buildtheir organizations and help them create social change and protect our environment.

In the next few months, we'll invite 35 college graduates to join Green Corps in 2011-2012. We'relooking for people who are serious about saving the planet, people who have taken initiative on theircampus or community, and people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work for change overthe long haul.

If you think you're one of those people, visit www.greencorps.org/apply to submit your application tojoin the 2011-2012 class of Green Corps' Field School for Environmental Organizing.

Green Corps' year-long program begins in August 2011 with Introductory Classroom Training inBoston, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. throughout the year.

For more information, visit www.greencorps.org or contact Sriram Madhusoodanan, Green CorpsOrganizer, at sriram@greencorps.org or (352) 216-6751. Applications due March 31st 2010 - apply online today at www.greencorps.org/apply**

Additional Jobs

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Events

Environmental Studies Lunch & LearnTim McGivern, PE Nitsch Engineering - Sustainable Stormwater Practices March 10, 12:00-1:00 pm, Rabb Room, Tisch College/Lincoln Filene Center, Tufts Medford Campus

Site development projects typically increase rates of stormwater runoff. Sustainable site design strivesto mimic the predevelopment hydrology in the proposed condition using Low Impact Development(LID) techniques and Best Management Practices (BMP's). Rainwater harvesting, bioretention basins,and green roofs are just some of the practices used to achieve this goal. Mr. McGivern will discusspractices currently used and where sustainable site design is headed.

Tim McGivern is a Project Engineer (PE) at Nitsch Engineering in Boston. Hespecializes in drainage design, stormwater management, septic system/sewerdesign, roadway layout/design, utilities layout, permitting, LEED certification,subsurface soil on-site testing and LID site design. He graduated from UnionCollege in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering andMathematics.Tim is also a member of the Sustainable Sites Group andStormwater Focus Group at Nitsch where he helps in the development ofgroundwater mounding analysis and green roof modeling.

Landscape Lunchbox Series: Aidan Acker, "From Policy to Practice: Xeriscape" and StephanieTam, "An Ecology of Vulnerability: Sewerage in Ahmedabad, India March 9, 12:30pm - 1:30pm.Room 508, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge

The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle Author talk and booksigning by Sara Wheeler March 12, 2:00 pm, Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge Smashing through the Arctic Ocean with the crew of a Russian icebreaker, herding reindeer acrossthe tundra with Lapps, and shadowing the Trans-Alaskan pipeline with truckers-author Sara Wheelerwill discuss her adventures in the beautiful and brutal Arctic from her book The Magnetic North,featured in the Boston Globe and the February 6 edition of the New York Times Book Review. Freewith museum admission.

Low Impact Living & Carbon Cafe

March 12, 10am-2pm, NEXUS, 38 Chauncy St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02111 (map)

Intended for individuals with limited or no prior knowledge of green building. Free and open to thepublic. Join us on the second Saturday of every month to learn about the free green building resourcesNEXUS offers you and about green building strategies you can implement in your home. The agendabelow outlines the different activities we offer at NEXUS Second Saturdays. You are also welcome tobrowse NEXUS and our resources rather than attending the activities.

-10 am-11am: Gain tools to green your home and life at a Resource Orientation. -11 am-12:30pm: Attend an educational workshop and Q & A from a green building expert on LowImpact Living. This workshop will provide you with the fundamental concepts around "Green Living",provide you with tools to make a positive environmental impact in your daily life and become betterconnected with your community to continue making a difference.

Tufts Against Plastic MeetingMarch 14, 9:00-10:00pm, Hodgdon Hall Common Room, Tufts University, Medford CampusWe are an environmental group, affiliated with Tufts Sustainability Collective, dedicated to raisingawareness about the problems with bottled water. We are working on a campaign to make Tuftswater-bottle free! All are welcome. For more info: kathleen.kidwell@tufts.edu

CEE Seminar: "Interaction between soil moisture and nitrogen in ecohydrological models," by Tony Parolari, MIT Ph.D. Student of Rafael Bras

March 15, 3:00pm - 4:15pm, Anderson Hall, Room 112, 200 College Ave, Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering, Medford Campus

MassBike Volunteer Night

March 15, 5:00-8:00pm, 171 Milk Street Boston MA 02109 (map)

Do you enjoy hanging out with fellow cyclists, conducting sparkling conversation, and eating pizza witha refreshing Harpoon (http://www.harpoonbrewery.com/) beer or soda? Then you won't want to missVolunteer Night from 5-8pm. It's a chance to have some fun and help MassBike with a few easyadministrative tasks. The more help we get from volunteers, the more time MassBike staff can spendmaking bicycling better. Just let us know you're coming so we know how much pizza to order! RSVP tojames@massbike.org or call us at 617-542-2453. Our office is located at 171 Milk Street, Third Floor,in Boston's Financial District. The closest T Stations are Aquarium and Government Center. For more

info, click here (http://www.massbike.org/about/vol_night.htm).

Navigating a Path to a Career in Public Service Workshop: A Roadmap for Creating Social Impact March 16, 6:00pm, Democracy Center, 45 Mt Auburn St., Cambridge This workshop aims to address the path to a successful career in public service has never been moreconfusing. Yet more and more people seek to do work that is ultimately for the public good. Whetherthey enter the for-profit or nonprofit world or take the leap and become social entrepreneurs,millennials are stepping into new and different jobs tackling a wide variety of social and environmentalproblems.

This workshop provides college students, graduate students, and recent grads a roadmap for creatinga social impact. Professionals looking to make a career change will also benefit from this workshop.Attendees will be presented with ideas for getting started on the job search or entrepreneurialendeavor, thoughtful tips for moving beyond the roadblocks they will inevitably encounter, andinspiration by way of real life stories. They'll be given guidance on how to advocate for themselves in atough job market and build online and offline relationships to support their own career development.

In a quickly-changing world full of new opportunities and possibilities, this workshop is dedicated tohelping attendees begin to find or create meaningful, rewarding work. Read reflections on this workshop at the NPi blog: " NPi Launches 'Navigating a Path to a Career inPublic Service '" A Note About Payment : Accessibility is important to us. Please contact us directly if cost is a barrier toyour attendance. For more information about payment options (or if you'd like to make a donation insupport of another person's attendance), please contact: jeanne [at] thenewprosperity.org.

Facilitators: Jeanne Dasaro is a social entrepreneur and activist with extensive experience in nonprofitmanagement, event and project planning, new media, and community journalism. She is Co-Founderof The New Prosperity Initiative, owner of Plan-It Green Consulting and Events, and a New MediaConsultant with Counter Corporation. Jeanne studied Anthropology and Economics at the University ofMichigan-Dearborn and has been featured in O, Oprah Magazine as one of "Tomorrow's Leaders" andThe Boston Globe as a "Leading Woman" specifically for her social entrepreneurial spirit.Nathan Rothstein is the co-founder of Swellr, a company combining online commerce and fundraisingto mobilize citizens to make purchases that simultaneously support local businesses and theclassroom needs of local teachers. He spent the previous four years working in New Orleans,Lousiana launching social enterprises and helping progressive candidates run for political office.Nathan has been featured in The Boston Globe, USA Today, NECN, and The New Orleans Times-Picayune for his work. He has presented workshops on the subject of how young people can make asocial impact at Yale, UMass-Amherst, Howard, MIT, Harvard, and Tulane University.Alexis Schroeder is a co-founder/editor of The New Prosperity Initiative (NPi), a Program Associate atThe Berkana Institute, and a freelance writer. Lex began her career in publishing at The LeanEnterprise Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she developed and edited a book on leanmanagement in healthcare. She serves on the Board of Directors of The Writers' Room of Boston, is a"Connector" for Boston World Partnerships, and has written columns on entrepreneurship andcreativity at BostInnovation.com.

Relational Urbanism: Models, Cities and Systemic Utopias with Eduardo RicoMarch 23, 6:30-7:30pm, Piper Auditorium, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Eduardo Rico studied civil engineering in Spain and graduated from the AA's Landscape Urbanismprogram. He is currently a AA Landscape urbanism Studio Master and has acted as consultant andperformed research in the fields of infrastructure and landscape in Spain and the UK. Currently he isinvolved in the development of infrastructural strategies for large-scale urban projects within the Arupengineering team as well as being part of the collective GroundLab. This lecture is free and open tothe public.

Real Eco-Municipality: Portsmouth, NH

March 23, 7:00-8:30pm, Main Library Auditorium (map)

In November, 2007, Portsmouth, New Hampshire formally decided to become an Eco-Municipality,when its City Council passed a resolution declaring that the following four sustainability objectiveswould guide its municipal operations: 1. Reduce dependence on fossil fuels, underground metals, andminerals 2. Reduce dependence upon synthetic chemicals and other unnatural substances. 3. Reduceencroachment upon nature. 4. Meet human needs fairly and efficiently An Eco-Municipality uses acomprehensive, integrated approach to creating a sustainable city. Join us to find out how Portsmouthbecame an Eco-Municipality and how the city takes the systems approach to sustainability now.Wednesday, March 23 Main Library Auditorium 7pm Speakers: Peter Britt, Sustainability Coordinator,Portsmouth, NH John Bohenko, City Manager, Portsmouth, NH Sarah James from the Institute forEco-Municipality Education & Assistance will give a brief introduction about eco-municipalities.

South Asia Initiative Urbanization Seminar: Anthony Acciavati, "Changes of State: UrbanismAlong the Ganges River Corridor of Northern India" March 24, 6:30pm - 8:00pm, Room 112(Stubbins), Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, CambridgeLecture by Anthony Acciavati, moderated by Rahul Mehrotra.

Beyond the dense urbanism of a city like Mumbai or the IT centers of Bangalore and Hyderabad liesthe Ganges river corridor. Though the immense territory appears outside the image of modern India,for the past 150 years this 'cow belt' has been situated at the very center of a struggle to establish aproductive countryside with its affiliated infrastructures of canals, barrages and roadways. Rather thana collision of 'countryside versus city', political and material conflicts arise over a shared set of supportstructures. Besides being one the densest river belts in the world in terms of human population andsecond largest in area, the extreme changes in weather and climate caused by the onslaught of thewet monsoon (late June through late August) transforms the region from an arid and parched conditionto a wet and gelatinous one.

For the past six years Anthony Acciavatti has been constructing a Dynamic Atlas: a cartographic set ofdrawings, maps, images, and essays on the relationships between urbanism, hydrologicalinfrastructure, and landscape within the Ganga River basin. A J. William Fulbright Fellowship, a FordFoundation Fellowship, grants from Governments of India and the U.S., as well as grants fromHarvard University amongst others have supported this work. The Dynamic Atlas has been exhibitedat institutions such as the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi, the Pan-AmericanArchitecture biennale, and the Rhode Island School of Design amongst others.

This event is a South Asia Initiative Urbanization Seminar organized by the South Asia Initiative atHarvard University and the Graduate School of Design.

This event is free and open to the public.For more information visit: The South Asia Initiative at Harvard University

The Moral Lives of Animals- Author talk by Dale PetersonMarch 26, 2:00 pm, Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge Are humans unique among animals in having a moral sense? In his newest book, author DalePeterson shows that our fellow creatures have powerful impulses toward cooperation, generosity, andfairness. Drawing upon evolutionary theory and scientific studies of a wide variety of animals-includingapes, dogs, dolphins and lizards-Peterson will show how much animal behavior follows principlesembodied in humanity's ancient moral codes, from the Ten Commandments to the New Testament.Understanding the moral lives of animals offers new insight into our own. Free withmuseumadmission. Dale Peterson's biography Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man was a NewYork Times Book Review Notable Book and Boston Globe Best Book for 2006. His other publicationsinclude Visions of Caliban (with Jane Goodall) and Demonic Males (with Richard Wrangham).

Decarbonization in US Energy by Kathy Araujo, Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, ECI Program, TheFletcher SchoolMarch 28, 12:30pm,Crowe Room (Goddard 310), Fletcher School, 160 Packard Ave, Tufts Medfordcampus Launched in Fall 2006, the Tufts Energy and Climate Forum was conceived as a means ofgauging interest in the topics of climate and energy, an area identified as being particularly promisingfor development as a cross-university effort. Sponsored by the Department of Economics, the TuftsInstitute of the Environment (TIE), and the Fletcher School's Center for International Environment andResource Policy (CIERP), it consists of monthly seminars featuring both internal and external

speakers addressing critical issues surrounding energy and climate. Topics include science,engineering, economics, health and the environment, and resources policy and politics.

Tufts Against Plastic Meeting March 28, 9:00-10:00pm, Hodgdon Hall Common Room, Tufts University, Medford CampusWe are an environmental group, affiliated with Tufts Sustainability Collective, dedicated to raisingawareness about the problems with bottled water. We are working on a campaign to make Tuftswater-bottle free! All are welcome. For more info: kathleen.kidwell@tufts.edu

Film screening of The Economics of Happiness & Discussion

March 28, 6:30pm - 9:00pm, Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Avenue, Somerville Discussionwith Joe Grafton of Somerville Local First and Julie Matthaei, Professor Economics at WellesleyCollege. The Economics of Happiness is a film that offers not only a big picture analysis ofglobalization, but a powerful message of hope for the future. The thinkers and activists interviewed forthe film come from every continent, and represent the interests of the great majority of people on theplanet today. Their message is unambiguous: in order to respect and revitalize diversity, both culturaland biological, we need to localize economic activity.

CEE Seminar: "Innovative Stormwater Management in Cambridge, MA," by Owen O'Riordan, Cambridge City Engineer, and Bill Pisano, MWH Americas Inc.

March 29, 3:00-4:15pm, Anderson Hall, Room 112, 200 College Ave, Medford Campus

Restoring an Urban Watershed: Ecology, Equity, and DesignNew Directions in EcoPlanning Annual Lecture by Anne Whiston Spirn March 30, 6:00 pm, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street,Harvard Museum of Natural History, CambridgeThe Mill Creek neighborhood of West Philadelphia once epitomized the failures of 20th-century urbanpolicies and development, resulting in an economically depressed, racially-segregated communityplagued with vacant land, subsiding ground, and flooded basements on the buried floodplain of thecreek. Anne Whiston Spirn, lauded by the Boston Globe as an "urban visionary" will focus on the storyof Mill Creek's restoration as a model for uniting science, design, and community engagement toaddress social and environmental problems. Spirn will stress how "landscape literacy" is just as criticalto those solutions as verbal literacy was to the American Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and1960s.

Anne Whiston Spirn is an award-winning author, photographer, and professor of landscapearchitecture and planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Free and open to the public.Reception to follow.Supported by a generous gift from Michael V. Dyett (AB '68, MRP '72) and Heidi Richardson. Learn more about Professor Anne Whiston Spirn.

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, "Architecture is Environment" March 31, 6:30pm - 7:30pm, Piper Auditorium, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, CambridgeJapanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA will discuss their recent works.This lecture is part of the series A New Innocence: Emerging Trends in Japanese Architecturesponsored by the Dean's Office. This event is free and open to the public. For more information visit:SANAA

5th Annual Babson Energy & Environmental Conference - 2011 Entrepreneurship for aSustainable Future March 31, 8:00am-9:00pm, Babson College, 231 Forest Street, WellesleyFor more information, visit: http://babsonenergy.com/?page_id=163

Environmental Studies Lunch & LearnEric Friedman, Director, Leading by Example Program, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources April 7, 12:00-1:00pm, Rabb Room, Tisch College/Lincoln Filene Center, Tufts Medford Campus

Bizarre Animals II: An Evening of Contemporary Art Interventions

April 8, 7:00 pm, Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, CambridgePlease join HMNH for a special evening of performance, sound, and video throughout the galleries ofthe Harvard Museum of Natural History. For two and half hours, artists and performers-includingHarvard students, alumni and others-will transform the museum into laboratory, library, exploratorium,and stage. Through thoughtful interventions and captivating experiments, viewers will experience newways to engage with the museum's spaces, its collections, and its history. We are still acceptingproposals from Harvard-affiliated artists and performers who are interested in participating. Harvardalumni are also encouraged to apply. If you are interested in participating, please see the Request forArtists Proposals.

Environmental Studies Lunch & LearnMichael R. Davis, FAIA, LEED®-Architecture, Energy, and Climate Change

Thu, Apr 14, 12:00-1:00pm, Rabb Room, Tisch College Lincoln Filene Center, Tufts University,Medford Campus Architects claim that most people don't understand what we do. Much of this, however, is our own faultas architectural design principles are often described in obscure philosophical terms. Understandingthe role that building energy use plays in the causes and mitigation of greenhouse gas emission andclimate change, civically engaged activist architects are now working to change the designconversation from why buildings look like they do to how they "perform."

Michael R. Davis, FAIA, LEED®, is a Principal and Vice President atBergmeyer Associates, Inc. Mr. Davis specializes in sustainably designingnew and adaptively-reused high-performance multi-family mixed-incomehousing, commercial buildings, and university residence halls. He advisesthe Boston Redevelopment Authority as acting Chair of the Boston CivicDesign Commission, Co-Chairs the AIA Massachusetts Government AffairsCommittee, and is Public Policy Commissioner on the Board of the BostonSociety of Architects. Mr. Davis has served on Mayor Thomas Menino'sGreen Building Task Force for the City of Boston and Governor DevalPatrick's Net Zero Energy Building Task Force for the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts. Mike is also an Overseer and a member of the Faculty atthe Boston Architectural College and currently teaches Graduate Researchand Writing. In 2002, Mike was given the second annual Award forExcellence in Teaching from the BSA Members of the AIA College ofFellows. Mr. Davis holds a Bachelor Degree in Architecture from the Pennsylvania

State University and a Master of Architecture from Yale University.

2011 Tufts Energy Conference: Exploring Energy's Great Debates: Moving Past Posturing toArrive at Achievable Energy SolutionsApril 15 - 16, 2011, Cabot Intercultural Center, Fletcher School, 160 Packard Ave, Tufts MedfordCampus

The Tufts Energy Conference engages industry experts, policymakers, professionals and the risinggeneration of energy leaders in a thought-provoking and solution-based discussion on the pertinentchallenges and opportunities facing today's energy sector. Interdisciplinary and intergenerational - theconference is organized by a diverse mix of Tufts undergraduates and graduate students from theFletcher School for Law & Diplomacy, the Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning program andthe School for Arts, Sciences & Engineering. To register click here.

Something in the Air: Climate Change, Science and Policy

April 15, Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8600The program will take a cross-disciplinary approach to the topic of climate and economics, and willinclude consideration of the issues in light of the worldwide economic downturn, the 2009 UN ClimateChange Conference in Copenhagen and the 2010 conference in Mexico City. Participants may rangefrom environmental and climate scientists to engineers, anthropologists, historians, and scholars ofpublic health, law, business, and government. Registration is required and opens in the spring.http://www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar_2011climate.aspx UrbanAdvenTours holds regular bicycle tours in the Boston area. If you are interested inparticipating, visit: http://www.urbanadventours.com/tours.php?tourtype=daily for more information.

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